---
title: "CVE-2026-78133: strongSwan - Use After Free"
description: "strongSwan 6.0.0 through 6.0.7 contains a use-after-free caused by IKEv2 rekeying collision handling in libcharon, letting attackers cause memory corruption, exploit requires no special privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-78133/
---

# CVE-2026-78133 strongSwan - Use After Free

strongSwan 6.0.0 through 6.0.7 contains a use-after-free caused by IKEv2 rekeying collision handling in libcharon, letting attackers cause memory corruption, exploit requires no special privileges.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.43% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78133)

## Details

Type

Use After Free

Impact

Denial Of Service, Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

11 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-416](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 6.0.7 or the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78133](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78133)
- [https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0](https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0)
- [https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78133).html](https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2026-78133%29.html)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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